The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-03 00:00:00

;k ~~ I * ~ ,rtytied - to be or French or Italian rnanu faaure. BIERVItaISTADT, MARali 26.—1 t is asserted, that Mr:Adair, the English Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, applied for permis ion to attend all the deliberations of the Divan : bat that the Grand Seiknior gave him a positive refu , ai. in the various skirmishes the Turks have had with tli coitibined Russian and Servian army, they gave quarter to the few Russian'soldiers who tell into their hands, but had no mercy on the Servians. They re 4ard the latter as their former subjeets, and con sequehtly treat them as rebels. They impale or be head diem, accompinying this barbarous operation with the most bitter irony. All that has been here tofore related of the military ferocity of the Turks is nothing in comparison to the - tnauncr in which they treated a de:lchment. of the ,Servians which they bad cut off from their main. body. Those of the Servians who chance •to: be made prisoners; seem astonished that they'. are suffered to live, and much more that any attention should be paid to their wounds. _ _ _ The military organization of the Ottoman army seems to be as bad as ever. It was rumoured that the Grand Seignior intended to take the command of his grand army in person; but, a few days since, he had not yet set off from Constantinople. He has but a poor opinion of his troops, and seems little in clined to expose his person to the hazard of a b3ltle. Ike army is almost totally destitute of field ar tillery, ball, and a number of the most necessary articles. _ _ Letters from Malta state, that a number of Eng lish Officers had gone to Constantinople to obtain the Grand Seignior's permission to serve with the Turkish troops. HANOVER, APRIL 12.—The Gazette of this city has appeared this day, for the first time, with the arms of Westphalia. The extraordinary war contribUtion has been con tinued for the months of April, May, and June. There .are still in the 'Hanbverian• territory six re giments of French cavalry. ' •As the-aet of cession to-the Crown of Westphalia of this country, reserves only at the disposal of France a 'tra& containing a population of 15,000 souls, and as the Duchy of Lauenburgh contains •40,000, it is alleged that a part of the revenues pro portioned to this difference will be paid into the Treasury at Cassel. BERLIN, APRIL 10.--LThe relations between our Court and that of the Thuilleries are still of. the most amicable complexion. Time, it is said, has been granted for discharging thel_arrears of the contribu tions; but our Court. is 'taking measures for their immediate.payment. . • According to the last accounts from BreAan, there have .been frequent disturbances in the theatre there. They were occasioned by young Officers, who, per . hapi, conceiving themselves to be living in the year 1806, thought that they. might indul g e in rioting with impunity. They have been put under arrest, and will be severely punished. There has been apprehended here a M. P. Ascher, a literary Jew, and author of some well-known pro (*.lions, who has taken the liberty of writing some severe striattres against the Superior Authorities of. the Stale. Their Majesties set off this morning for Potsdam, to remain there during the renews, which will con tinue six weeks. Their Majesties wilt not proceed to Silesia until the reviews are completely over. — They will pass the summer alternately at Chariot tenburgh and Perez. HAMBURGFI, APRIL 17.—This city has been compelled to abandon the idea of giving an enter tainment during the three Easter holidays, because, upon M. Itainville's plan, it would have cost at least 106,000 marks—a sum considered exorbitant under existing circumstances. -.What the festivities will be tnat are to take place. in honotir of the marriage of his Majesty ,the Emperor ,of France, is not yet known. It is run - toured, that all the French troops now in Holland. are to_ be' marched here to attend the solemnity. We learn that orders have been received at Got tenburgh from Stockholm, to erect batteries a!o the coast, and particularly to put that port in the best state of defence. Similar orders have been sent to Carlscrona. • It is alleged that the English, who were bonny expected at Gottenburgh and in the Battle, have received instruttions to obtain pos session of one or other of the above ports, and also of the Swedish fleet. They - are further exp'eEled to make an attempt to occupy one of the larger Danish Islands, as a naval station for the prote&ion of their trade to the Baltic. Information has been received, that notwithstanding the rigid proscription of corn merce along the coast of that sea, the English still flatter themselves that they sh2ll be able to carry on some degree of tnnfie, and that a great number of merchantmen are actually equipping for that desti nation. The most rigid regqlations are enforced at the gates of this city, to prevent the clandestine impor tation of colonial merchandtze from Altona. A part of the French troop, destined, according to the late treaty, to remain in Holland, will nveupy the coasts of she department of . East Friezeland and the mouth of the Ems. The French cordon will thence extend along the coast of the former circle of Westphalia, as far as the mouth of the Weser. All these troops will be under the command of Alar shal OtPlinot, the Duke of Reggio. The French and allied trobvs stationed at Cux haven, and the mown of the Eihe, have been rein forced, VtaNNA, Aram 12.—A general regulltion is talked ot, in consequence of which coffee will be en tirely prohibited in thc. Austrian States. It can nnly be imported, in 1114tcae, by spvciai licenses, in the 3 1 = manner as 0:1', 1 ;tt. r commodities brought . Irian foreign co,intrics. •4-I.f7s sugar, no new regu laloa has been Adopied, because &it article is in divensably nec:ssaiy in, i)harmaq, VaNicp, NIARCII 30.—Preparations are, making in our grand ria trine arsenal for the ce,nstru6tion ot a certain number of ships of the line at d•trigates.— An immense- quantity of s:iip`,arrived here lately by se (rpm Daluirvia, anti more•cartior!s are ex:piitted ; -the English having totally .withdraik:9 from this part of the Adriatic: . • ; • . ltrts-ian brigs and cutters here, th 4 were )ately oederl to France, - are• fitting out with:the nr- . •. , ROTTEROiII, APRIL 2R.--From Hior!inz, under date of the 11th inst. w- learn, that four Dinish gun-boats, under the command of Lieot, had captured the English gunboat stationed at An holt; and which had already taken some vessels.— From the port, we ate further il,fbrin:!d, that a Danish biig of war had carried into Norway two English vBssels, 'Aden with spars and wheat. On the tgth, there was some ti . ;ltting at Caland soog, between an English frigate and some inferior vessels on the one side, rand a detachment of the gth Dutch regiment on the other, inconsequence of the enemy's attempting to bring off the Cuckoo, w hich went on shore there. On this occasion, Lieutenant Bosma, and a grenadier of the gth rgiment, were wounded. The Lieutenant died of his wound a few hours after. The ship was set on fire. The Dutch privateer the Snell Jager captured on tke 21st, and has brought into the Vlie, the Vrow Anna, J. H. Lange, Master, from Mogadore for Groningen. The Vrow Margaretha, from Fahr sund for Harlingen, has been captured by the same privateer, and carried into Terschelling. The French privateer St. J.. Baptiste carried into the Vlie, on the 21st, the Prow Catherina, I. A. Bishop, Master, from London for Croniogen, in ballast. She was captured six miles west of Ter schellrng. Carried into Dunkirk, by the Observateur French privateer, an American vessel, laden with cotton, tobacco, Bcc. ; and by the Vigilant French priva teer, two brigs, from England for Sweden, with salt. MAILS. ARRIVED--I Dublin. DUE---3 Gottenburgh, I Lisbon, z Cadiz, 2 Waterford. L'RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWSLVS O'CLOCK. Consols . 7o a Red. Ann. - -69 i T 6 U N. SOLEM QUIS DICIRIL FALLUM AUDIAT ? L 0 N D 0 IV, THURSDAY, MAY 3,, 1810. Last night Paris Papers to the 27th ult. were re ceived. They contain very little intelligence of im portance, except what relates to Spain, and that is mentioned in so vague a manner, that it naturally excites distrust. BUONAPARTE, it - is said, was at Antwerp' on Sunday last. It is most singularthat in their eagerness to attack Mr. YORKE, for having preferred a complaint against Mr. GALE JONES, the Opposition Writers should have so totally forgotten the conduct of their own friends upon a similar occasion. The authority of Mr. Fox and Mr. GREY, we should have thought, stood high at least 'among the Whig part of the Opposition, but it appears that when Mr. Yoe4e is to be attacked, the precepts and the example of those great Whig 'eiders, are treated by their pro fessed admirers with the most profound contempt. The case to which we alluded yesterday, and which occurred in 1805, is in every respect a parallel case to that of Mr. JONES. Mr. GREY, in 1805, complained that there were, in a newspaper called The Oracle, comments upon the conduct of Members of the House of Commons, which were highly dis respeaful, and therefore he moved that the Printer should be called to the Bar. He did attend at the Bar, and was ordered into custody. On that occasion, in consequence of some suggestion of a prosecution, Mr.. Fox distinaly declared, that " he never would approve of the House submitting to a question be ing brought before a Jury,when any breach of privi lege had been committed."—Here then we have the decided opinion of a man whose knowledge of the privileges and of the forms of the House of Commons was most extensive, and whose anxiety ~to preserve the rights of the people was upon all occasions, most loudly proclaimed by his friends. But the friends of Mr. Fox, now,. it seems, think him inferior in Parliamentary know ledge, to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, or less anxi ous to defend the liberty of the people. In the case to v. hich we are alluding, in 1805, the question respecting petitioning also was discussed. in that case, the Gentleman confined presented a Petition, in which, among other things, he stated, " that for the publication of that part of his Paper, deemed highly offensive to this Ho nourable House, he feels the deepest regret and that although certain expressions in that Para graph be indiscreet and unguarded, and such as have incurred the displeasure of so important a branch of the British Constitution, yet your Peti tioner hopes that in this acknowledgment of his sincere sorrow, this Honourable House in the plentitude of its condescension, will be pleased to par don him, for a transgression solely attributable to the hasty composition of a Newspaper, and not to pny deliberate design of - offending this Honourable House." One would have supposed . that this Petition would have satisfied the Whig advo cates for the privilege of Parament ; but be cause it contained some compliments to Lord MELVILLE, the liberation of tie prisoner was 'op posed by Mr. Fox, GREY, and Mr. WHIT BREADS on the ground that the Petition Was insolent, and they aanally divided the HouSe upon the que.stion, Snell was the Condua of the Whigs in 180.5, and yet now Mr. Martz is 'ret . :,resented as In& for office, and a popu- I3i citrour is endeavoured to be rdised against him, beeause he complained to the House of Com mons of a breach of privilege. Yesterd Mr.livicG presented the Petition front the Electors of m Aliddlesex to the House of Com mons, and a debate of considerable interest ensued upon the propriety of receiving a Petition .couched in such terms. Upon the question of the right of the Subjeet to Petition the House of Commons, and to set forth any grievance under which lie may la bour, in strong and distin& terms, we believe there are not two opinions in the Kingdom. It is one of . the essential and important rights which English. men possess ; for if once the People of England were deprived of the power of stating their griev ances to their Representatives, almost the. whole benefit of the Representative part, of our Constitu-, lion would be lost. • But the more valuable any right is, the more important it is that it should not be so abused as to endanger the loss of it. The licentiousness of the Press has at times produced regulations which trench upon its liberty, and the Public have seen, not only without regret, but even with apparent satisfaction, the right itself impaired, because. the abuse of it had been, carried to an excess. The more, therefore, we value the right of petitioning, as an im portant right belonging - to the - People 'of 'England, the more we should take care that it should not be converted into an instrument to promote the views of artful, designing,_ and discontented men. The more care we should take that the right of petition ing should riot be confounded with the.right of in sulting. With respect to the Petition presented yesterday by Mr. BYNG, there seethed to be very little dif ference of opinion in the I-louse upon the subje6l. That the terms in which the Petition was couched were improper, was generally admitted, but some Gentlemen doubted whether the offensive terms were used for the purpose of insulting the House..—r The det:;ision of the House upon the question was put oil till this day, not because - the majority of the Gentlemen present appeared to entertain any doubt of the propriety ofrejeaing the Petition, but because it was thought that, upon a subje& of such importance, all appearance of precipitation and beat should be avoided. Yesterday about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY' ar rived at the Queen's Palace, from Wiz - visor, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK, CUMBER LAND, KENT, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE. Soon after two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was attended by The Archbishop of York, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Controul, the Comman der-in-Chief, the Itide Advocate, Governor Wynne, the Dukes of Devonshire and ;Montrose., Earl Harrowby ; Lords Willoughby de Broke (in waiting), Head:field (gold stick,) and Clerawley ; Admirals Sir E. Boller, Str R. Bickerton, and Sir I . Saumarez ; Generals Balfour and Leigh ; Colonel Wilson ; Captain Clay, lt. Sir S. Cotterel ; and Messrs. Fawkncr and Greville (grooms in waning.) The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : • Governor William Wynne; on his being appointed Gover nor of Sandown Fort, upon which occasion he received the honour of Knighthood. General Lord Mulgrave upon his appointment to be Mas ter-General of the Ordnance. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 'upon his marriage. Lord Clerawley, on coining to his title. Captain Clay, R. N. on his return from the• Baltic. Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Buller, Bau. on being appoint ed second in command at Plymouth, General lames tiallour, upon his promotion. General Leigh, on his being appointed to the command of the 3d Regi.nent, or Buffs. Flee-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, on being appointed Major-General of the Marines. CoLniel ‘Vilson, on being appointed Colonel of the 4th Ceylon Regiment. Vice. admiral Sir lames Saumarez, upon his return from the Baltic. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave audiences to Mr. PERCEVAL, the rest of the Ciminct Ailinisters, Sit:l)Am) DuNOAs, and Mr. M. SUT TON ; the lost of whom laid before his MAJESTY the proceedings of some Courts-martial. His MAJESTY'S late IthliFilaSillOn arose from a bi lious obstruation of so obstinate a kind, that it was several days before the united effirrts of his Physi cians could remove it. Mr. DICKENSON, who went over to Morlaix with Mr. MACKENZIE to negocate a Cartel, is returned With dispatches for our Government. The Com missioners remain at. Morlaix, where the negotia tion will be carried on. It is said that it will soon be brought,tO a succes , ful termination. In' the cartel that brought Mr. DICKENSON, came about one hundred Enslish priiot.ers, among whom were several WOITItiI of the Durham _Militia, cap tured on their voyage home from Portsmouth, by a - French privateer. An American Gentleman, I.Vltoleft Paris in the middle of last month, reached London on Tuesday. Vievious •to his departure, he had an audience of Ge . neral ARMSTP.ONG, who ; informed him ',hat he' had taken his final leave of the French Mtibister; from whom he 'had ob:ained hisuports, It was his intention to sail' for America, on orttrdtethe day of June, in a vessel, called the Sally, Captain SCOTT, which having been sequestrated at Bayonne, had been 'afterwards purchased by the American Minister, for the express purpose of conveying hi n, hs family, and suite, to their country, The Sally had been ordered from Bayonne to Havre, at which place the General was to embark. It appears that all friendly intercourse between France and America is not yet at an end, as General ARMSTRONG is to' be 'succeeded in his di;lomatic char Mer by Mt. BaonKnuasT LIVINGSTON, whose arrival in France was speedily expeded. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MAY-Arrived the French 141.. ger L'Espoir, laden with rosin, gun-powder, 81.e * cUt.ont of a bay near Bilboa by the boats of th e Amelia frigate. She was moored under the guns of two goal batteries, which kept up an incessant fire on th e boats, and unfortunately killed two seamen, a nd wounded a midshipman; the latter, however, is likely to do well. A boat with a crew consisting of an officer an a eight seamen belonging to the Active -privateer Of -this port, WU lost a few days since on the coast f France, and it is feared the whole perished. Arrived the Hero privateer from a cruize; Ab be y' BANNAFORD, from Llane - Ily ; Two Brothers, ELLI s ; and Joseph and Mary, THOMAS, from Neath• r Arrived the Dreadnought, of DS guns, Rear - l id ' ultra' SOTHEBY, from oft Rochetort. Sailed the Crocus sloop of war on a.cruize. Came into harbour the Unicorn frigate. Arrived the intelligent gun-brig from a cruizes , biS PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—Came in this °a , ' majesty's ship , P'o4:froin the Downs, and is 4 ; pointed convoy to Guernsey and Jersey, and 141. sail early to-morrow morning. Sailed his Majesty's ship Diana for a cruiie ° lf Havre;. and leis Majesty's ship Hope on a cruize• Arrived the Exeter outward-bound Indiamad f r o g the Downs; also the Fly, Coox, from North l rar° mouth ; Four Brothers, BRUNHER, from Sander' land, and the Sophia, : MORRIS, iron) London• Sailed the John, HARROWSMITH ; and Gold Fleece, for Sunderland. ISLANDS 01' SCILLY, APRIL 25.—Carne ia the sloop Betsey, of London, TYDEMAN, Masters -- fr ° the African coast, viz. Prince's Island, With PLC oil, elephants' teeth, and coffee, bound to' l l , " °m- The Betsey, has been out on her passage 11) eg months, and the greatest part of the 'time lakell 0 4 1 in tow by the Dauntless sloop' of war, who P ar ` company on the 23d off Scaly. Also the brig Francis, of Workington, Dot 4sl°Sll : Master, from Ferrol, bound, to Liverpool, with Cc' : ton and bees l wax she was captured by a Fr eljel i ni 1 privateer, and atterwards recapture ,by the Joke lugger. 26.—Came in the Concord tender an dt 'fleet of coasters front the Eastward. SHEERNESS, MAY I.—Sailecl his MoittstY 3 tI Y Gluckstadt, Capt. HIGNIAN, With a convoy t° Sailed his Majesty's slip Pjawun id, wi" vifij voy to Heligoland. Arrived his Mje3ty's ship Martial., Lieut. from Heligoland. t CORK, APRIL 27.—Yesterday the Wes- 41 , fleet, comprising 27 sail, under convoy of his jesty's sloop Partridge, Capt. FooTT, and Ja l°°. „ Capt. MORRIS, as tar as Madeira, sailed fr om C°' e 4 ° l ' Ar rat. 30.—0 n Saturday the b cOr „ 0 marine belonging to one of the ships of war, r'soff _station, was taken out of Leith harbour. It : s t . posed he had• missed his way, and fallen °sr— 4uay on Friday night. Yesterday, while three boys were saili ter o'' gnarly at Ltichrin, the plank upset, and they 0 oo t precipitated into the water. Two. were t 3} ', ; e n ut alive but the body of the third, a tine boy °"" o tter# yea's of age, was. not found- till some tale . , v iai when every means used. to restore tinitnati°l' without effect. 14 i t i I T r ß e Il i Vestal fori)l DISTRIBUTION ••If mouth. Na' tr ! li n e Hawke, for the Concession on the 3.3 th inst at , -_ A -'friv- i t street, Dodors' Commons; recalled on Mondays aw s ,,,arcif i jie l , O o N n board, on h E er h. a i r ° ri l'i va Elli?prtY, Bold, for the Bradford and Anna Nlargaretta, On t',.. 1 4 , 5r ! her arrival in port ; recalled on Tuesdays and 1 : -(1 ` .- c o' No: iB, Clement's Inn. ~ •,_1 P Egeria, for the Aalborg. on board, on her arrival in , ff recalled as above. 1 oa Bellerophon, for the Edward, on board, - at yea. , I vs day last ; recalled as above. triO re „fr/ Ajax, Ainpltirrn, Dreadnought, Melpomene , • ., 0-, l i Orion, ueen, Tigre and "Zealous for the Neriti sl , 4 o" , i;th May; at 'No. 9 70., Great Rtissel-street, / 31 ° ° '' ' . • 10 (11 recalled oil Tuesday s and l• ridays. ' 1‘. 5 ,4' Stately, for the Gambrivium, three. 23. isiorfol sh cr Strand, on the Bth ult. recalledmdtiths Iran : b 0 tIt ,4 . The following naval arrangements a re 3- eV take place : Admiral STANHOPE goes to sheelll3 0 the room of Admiral WILLs, who has resigneftifi; ill health ; Admiral OTWAY comes to 1116 ~.n p fir and Admiral .HERBERT SAWYER is to be S e ' Command at Portsmouth. 0 4 The long exected arrangements in the,', : tr,, departments at Portsmouth, i.vill, it is eiW4 c speedily Like place. Theme are nearly 1 3,°V ic l i , ' sailers of war at - Forion depot, and in .confined.scol a prison-shipS at Poitsontli.. Forma is still ° l f i l ht Lain 3000, and Porchester will take betwee o d 1,1, lobo; the remainder will be kept on IV ° 4 /4 ships, five or six only of which will be keil t 'dik,o. are supposed (from their size and good cOO, 7iik to; be the Assistance (the Commodore's s hi Pi t ' i siot Antonio, San Damara', Vengance, and Yet _ t er vtil being absolutely necessary to retain this now on r o l ships, as well to . keep the surplus that Fa le e r): 4'orchester will not contain, as to receive al l l icid . . prisoners that my arrive; or in case of b' c oo to f breaking out at the depots on shore, • 1 a them to. , Or The Hospitals at Porchester and Forton yi in every respect to receive all the sick,.convjle ' &c. in the most comfortable manner. ol' :'' ' - The Russians and DaneQ, now atPort ,r ""i t'''' expected to be sent to Chatham, to' be nal ' own country in case of exchange. ~, I, - \~